Workings of the Mind

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Decks in this class (15)

Consciousness
What do people generally associat...,
How do you know what is real,
The grand illusion
35  cards
Attention
Attention is,
How attention is limited,
How attention is selective
31  cards
Brain Basics
Neuron,
Neurons fire with,
Neuron
42  cards
Sensation and Perception
Sensation,
Perception,
Sensation is
50  cards
Memory
Memories are perfect representati...,
Storage,
Encoding
38  cards
Self-Awareness
Most animals are considered to be,
Animals are conscious and aware,
Self awareness
20  cards
Sleeping and Dreaming
Predation avoidance,
Memory consolidation,
Brain self cleaning
34  cards
Altered States of Consciousness
Psychoactive drug,
Types of psychoactive drugs,
Psychoactive drugs work by altering
31  cards
Non-Conscious
James vicary s study of sublimina...,
Liminal,
Subliminal
30  cards
Automatic Behavior and Free-Will
Some thoughts and behaviors seem ...,
Who is in charge,
Evidence against free will
50  cards
Reality as an Illusion
Your mind is limited,
Your mind is deceptive,
Perception is a combination of
36  cards
Human Intelligence
Problem of intelligence,
Francis galton 1822 1911,
Alfred binet 1857 1911 began deve...
30  cards
Animal Intelligence
You are a hairy ape,
You have basically the same brain,
Man the hunter
19  cards
Artificial Intelligence
Minds and computers,
True artificial intelligence,
Virtual intelligence
23  cards
Problems of Conscious
Everything your mind has even known,
Descartes,
Dualism mind exists as something ...
26  cards

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